With the onset of the pandemic, I’ve been making art here at home in my Two Ponds Studio. I’ve been creating “collage stand-ups,” petite portable diptychs that are meditations on connecting with solitude (“Blooming” is pictured here). I’m very excited about another new project – working with a local poet to create a publication featuring my artwork paired with her poems in Spanish and English. Other current projects include prints for the 6x 6 2020 fundraising exhibition at Rochester Contemporary Art Center (Rochester, NY) and conceptual models for the Zea Mays Green to the Extreme exhibition this fall. A spring 2020 show, Celestial: Art works by Sheryl Jaffe and Elisa Lanzi (Gibson Sotheby’s International, Orleans, MA) was postponed and is being rescheduled. I’m looking forward to pairing up with fellow handmade papermaker Sheryl Jaffe to teach the Pulp Dreams workshop at Zea Mays Printmaking on June 6 and 7. Let’s follow each other on Instagram! I’m @elisalanziartist.